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Xenu.

An extraterrestrial galactic leader said to have transported aliens to Earth 75 million years ago and murdered them with hydrogen bombs at sites of volcanoes, turning them into thetans.

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  1. An extraterrestrial galactic leader said to have transported aliens to Earth 75 million years ago and murdered them with hydrogen bombs at sites of volcanoes, turning them into thetans.

Where this word comes from

From the works of L. Ron Hubbard, of unknown origin. Richard Abanes notes that a Journey into Mystery science fiction comic story featuring an alien warlord titled “Xemnu the Titan” (1961) was reprinted in 1967, the year that Hubbard composed the Xenu narrative.

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